Lubricating system for gearing



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C. W. vFRANCIS LUBRICATING SYSTEM FOR GEARING Filed Feb. 18 1922 alli CHARLES W. FRANCIS, 0F P MENTS, 'E0 EDEN WLSWHR COflvr' .application filed February 1 5, i922.

1 o all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CHARLES l/V. FnAncrs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Paterson, in the county ci: Passaic and State ci New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Lubricating System tor Gearing; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oi the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals or relierence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

lhis invention relates to a lubricating system 1for gearing and it is an object or' this invention to provide a system in which the oil is caused to flow over the interineshteeth in a sirnple and e'icient manner.

it is a further object ci this invention to provide one cic the rotating gears with oil circulating means. V

With these and other objects in View, which will become more apparent in the iollowing description and disclosures in the drawing, this invention comprises the novel mechanism and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and deiined inthe appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of this invention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the different views:

Fig. l is a horizontal sectional view with parts in elevation illustrating the gearing that it is adapted to lubricate.

lligure 2 is a vertical section through a transmission housing illustrating the operation of iny improved lubricating system applied to the transmission.

is shown in the drawings:

lin referring to the drawings, it will be observed that there is illustrated an oil chamber or container l having a closed bearing boss 2 centrally ci the botto-in in which a shalt 3 is journalled. rhe chamber or container is closed by cover d secured in any appropriate manner to the top of the container as by screws or the like. The central part of the cover is provided with a bearing 5 through which the shaft 3 extends, l horizontal worm wheel 6 is secured upon the shalt 3 within said chamber, and adapted to be driven by a worm l jcurnalled in the walls fi tween the the conA to provice "n ugr?" ly and inwardly directed slope or curve over the worin 'Z' to forni a cial/ed guideway for guiding the lubricant to the int rn eshing teeth or the gear and worin.

er to cause the lu circulate over the interni the lower side oY a curved del-lector Bengs 8 ai u 9, the wail l() or' constructed ci arcuate i'orin l a" lunici is container l.

1m'icating oil to *ig gear teeth, o is provided with which operates in the lubricating oil in :he container which is preiferably iilied to a suitable height for this purpose through the oil duct l2. is the o is caused to revolve in an anti-clochvwise direction, the curved deflector 1l will deflect the lubricating oil outwardly against the walls ci the container. ls the lubricating oil is thuswise deiiected outwardly and dashed againstthe walls of the container, that which strikes the upwardly and inwardly curved portion i0 which surrounds the worin 7 will be cascaded or swerved over the top oi the worin and down upon the internieshing gear teeth, as is obvious. rlhe arcuate wall l0 may accordingly be termed a deflector that deflects the lubricating oil over the interrneshing teeth of the gears.

l am aware that numerous details of construction Inay be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and l therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

l claim as my inventioni 1. ln a device of the class described, a lubricant container, a horizontal gear supported for rotation in said chamber, and having a curved lubricant deiiector upon its lower surface and a worm meshing with said gear, said container having a curved wall surrounding said worm tor deecting the lubricant upon the ntermeshing teeth ci said gear and worin, during the operatio-n of said gear.

2. ln a transmission lubricating system, a lubricant container, a pair oi intermeshing gears supported in said container, one of said gears having a lubricant deector, and said container having a curved lubricant dedector adjacent the intermeshing teeth of said gears whereby the lubricant lid@ will be doeotod upon. thel ntormeshng n `testimony whereof have hereuntoV teeth of said gears. subscribed my loam@v in the presence of two 3. nKa lubricating system "for nomosh* subscribing Witnesses. rg gears, wsatonary cuived dee-Hector for CHARLES W.' FRANCIS.V guiding the lubricant over the ntermesh- Witnesses: v Y

ing teeth, and moons for deeotng the lubr- R. ALBERT HEAT-woon,

cant againstsmd staonary doector. BETTY H.'HAM1LT0N 

